Dip your toe into the pool of self-loathing with the poetry and audio stylings of Boruk Glasgow. Oh, what the hell, dive in - here's his entire 1969 early Seventies album, Blackhole Boogie. As Listener Jim says on his Empty Handed Blog, "Boruk apparently comes from the William Shatner school of dramatic reading, which says that you should accent the wrong syllable when pronouncing words, to give your recitation deeper meaning." To get the sense of Boruk's world view right away, try out Eddie My Love or Nowhere to Hide, or any of his semen-based works (MP3s).
Drink Silence | Ring Cycle | Tinfoil Lad | Alcibiades
Desert Fox | Salad Freak | Arlington Cemetary
Nowhere to Hide | Occult Orgasm | Youth Poisoning
Semen Rock | He | Lubricating Mama | Orgone Bicycle | New York Natural
Mask | Lumberjack Poet | Eddie My Love | Psalm of the Male Sperm
To Know Him Is To Love Him | Solo for a Solo | Today Yahweh | Urban Antelope
Yaaayyy, Boruk! You Borukaholics might also check out this page of the 365 Days site, when I posted a Boruk track from this album and also included a couple more pictures from the album and a book of Boruk's poems that I bought.
Posted by: jima | January 12, 2006 at 01:27 PM
This album is from 1969? But in the second song, "Ring Cycle," there's this passage: "Look up in the sky this starry night: Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, the Big Bopper, James Dean, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Jim Morrison, Che, Allende, Jim Croce..." An interesting set of constellations for 1969. Half of these folks were still alive, and I don't think Croce even had a record contract in 1969. Is this a 'bonus track' added to later pressings, or [cue theremin] is there some other explaination..?
Posted by: Jeff | January 12, 2006 at 11:57 PM
Right you are, I dont know how I got it in my head that this was from 1969. I checked the LP and there is no year on it.
-ken
Posted by: Station Manager Ken | January 13, 2006 at 09:37 AM
Boruk is timeless, that's the only explanation. "What's it to YOU?"
Posted by: jima | January 13, 2006 at 02:16 PM
I've been waiting for this post! Thanks. One question - is track 17 missing?
Posted by: greg | January 13, 2006 at 05:28 PM
well, i do love Boruk, thanks. Do you happen to know Bill Berger's email?? Please tell him to email skinny vinny in Paris
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Posted by: skinnyvinny | January 13, 2006 at 05:56 PM
"tinfoil Lad" has the exact same synth sound intro as Arrigo Barnabe's "Clara Crocodillo"
Posted by: fatty jubbo | January 13, 2006 at 07:49 PM
ah...I just located the source of the sound: Stockhausen's Gesang der Juenglinge. Unless this was a very popular preset sort of thing...
Posted by: fatty jubbo | January 15, 2006 at 05:08 PM
Strange and interesting.... but where is track 17? /Mr Hanaga
Posted by: Mr Hanaga | January 17, 2006 at 06:20 PM
Can you post the cover as well ?
Posted by: lomboklombok | December 01, 2006 at 01:08 PM
Boruk went to college with my Dad, and stayed in our basement for a while back in 1982. He was very excited about Blackhole Boogie at that point, so I'm guessing it was from the late 70s...
Joel (organizing the marmalade jars since 1982)
Posted by: Joel | March 13, 2007 at 12:45 AM